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Appendix IIPunctuation

There is an excellent (and humorous) book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss (2003) that gives British rules for punctuation. The title emphasizes the importance of punctuation. The meaning of the title would be completely changed if the comma after Eats were omitted. Some excellent resources for American punctuation rules are Webster's Standard American Style Manual (1985) and The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors (Dodd 1986). The following is a brief summary of punctuation that should serve as a starting point.

Commas

Commas have several uses. One is to substitute for and or or in a list of nouns. For example, The experiment required a volt meter, some wire, an oscilloscope, and a battery or The alloy ...

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